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ICYMI: Police arrest popular TikToker Peller over reckless driving

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained popular social media influencer Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, following a viral video showing him driving recklessly and crashing...

S’Court affirms President’s power to declare state of emergency, suspend elected officials

The Supreme Court, on Monday, affirmed the constitutional power of the President to declare a state of emergency in any state to prevent a breakdown of law and order...

Hoodlums attack Anambra church, kill two

Some yet-to-be-ascertained armed assailants have attacked St. Andrews Anglican Church, Isiokwe in Lilu community of Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing two persons, burning vehicles and the...

How ‘real estate firm’ duped 4,000 investors in fresh Ponzi scheme

Months after over 600,000 Nigerians invested in the fraudulent Ponzi scheme, Crypto Bridge Exchange aka CBEX, and lost N1.3tn, thousands more have poured money into another digital platform, EMAAR,...

UK unveils £12.4m programmes to support Nigeria’s economic reforms

The United Kingdom has launched two economic reform programmes worth £12.4m to support Nigeria’s macroeconomic stability, fiscal resilience, and private-sector growth. The initiatives – the Nigeria Economic Stability and Transformation...

Abduction crisis: NASS asks FG to name terrorism financiers

The National Assembly on Wednesday called for the public naming and prosecution of terrorism financiers in Nigeria as the Federal Government explores measures to address the growing insecurity across...

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Court approves three Labs for DNA tests to determine paternity of Mohbad’s son

The Ikorodu High Court in Lagos state has approved three laboratories, two in the United Kingdom and one in the United States where DNA...

Russia threatens to use Nuclear bomb on Ukraine

Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned that Moscow could resort to nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict and potentially against...

President Tinubu appoints Tunji Disu as acting Inspector-General of Police as Egbetokun resigns

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has accepted the resignation of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, following the submission of his letter citing pressing...

FCT Council Polls record 14% Turnout Up from 9.4% in 2022 — INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that voter turnout in the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area council elections stood at 14...

Boxers, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao set for professional rematch in Las Vegas in September

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are set to face each other in a stunning rematch in Las Vegas this September. Mayweather, 48, will officially come...